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08-14-2013, 08:45 PM | #1 |
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ROTA Wheels warns against counterfeit products...
http://www.autoindustriya.com/auto-i...-products.html
http://www.autoindustriya.net/blogs/...opied-in-china "The counterfeit [ROTA] wheels have recently surfaced through some wheel dealers in Malaysia. They are manufactured in China. The most distinct feature of the 'copies' is that they are embossed with a ROTA marking on the face of the wheel..." (I know its a repost, i missed the obvious: MODS PLEASE DELETE)
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahshahabh!!!!
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Muahahahahaha. The hunter has become the hunted, lol.
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Thanks for the laugh...
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Taste of their own medicine. Good for them. Maybe they'll start doing their own designs exclusively now... yeah right! That is the most hilarious thing I've ever heard. Thanks for making my day!
EDIT: so the article even mentions the counterfeit company took the extra step to add embossing to the rim casting (essentially an upgrade from the "original" Rotas)... I can't stop laughing! |
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I died laughing when I read this on Facebook yesterday. I think this is meme-worthy:
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Love rotas but this is still funny.
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[QUOTE=Turbowned;1142963]I died laughing when I read this on Facebook yesterday. I think this is meme-worthy:
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Not that people make copycat wheels. Clearly they're guilty of that themselves. But they at least don't mis-represent their wheels as anyone else's. This counterfeiter is purposefully trying to misrepresent their product as someone else's, something Rota has never been guilty of. What they are concerned with is that someone is making knockoffs and passing them off as Rotas, and that people could be buying wheels they think are Rotas that really aren't. That's a very far cry from someone purposefully seeking out copycat Rotas because they don't want a $4,000 set of Rays. |
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I understand some people can't fathom paying full price for the original stuff but companies like Rota claiming their stuff is their own original design or have put R&D into developing it is crap. If they want to copy them or use the design they should pay royalties to the original company just like how musicians pay other musicians to use their songs. |
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If anything, blame the original designer for not protecting their IP. Rota is releasing this because their wheels meet the certification as mandated in Japan, while the copy wheels have the same stamping but are not certified. If one wishes to read this as a "you got what you deserved" post, then you need to re-read the press release again in detail. I don't care for Rota, but I also have an understanding of what this serves to prevent. -alex |
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